Theroutinemay be stablebut the advantage is not: Competitive implications of key employee mobility

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-87

  Aime, Federico ^a   Johnson, Scott ^a   Ridge, Jason W ^a   Hill, Aaron D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Key employee mobility routines

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE POSITION; COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; EMPLOYEE MOBILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SAN FRANCISCO; SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; WEST COAST;

COMPETITION;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 73849110247     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.809     Document Type: Article

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